Collections

The Permanent Collection

Benedictine University’s Fr. Michael Komechak O.S.B. Art Gallery proudly announces its art collection reflects an emphasis on 19th and 20th-century American and European art, and it includes an emphasis on Midwest regional art and world religious art. The collection mainly consists of drawings, paintings, printmaking, photographs, ceramics, sculpture and folk art and numbers over 3500 pieces. Local, national, and international artists are represented in the collection, with special emphasis on Chicago area artists.

Selections of the permanent collection are on view in the Komechak Art Gallery and are featured in special exhibitions. Virtual exhibitions will be an on-going component of the website, and a virtual listing of the permanent collection is currently being developed.

All text and images published on the Benedictine University Fr. Michael Komechak O.S.B. Art Gallery World Wide Web Site are for personal and/or educational use only. Neither the text, nor the images published herein are for use in public domain. Any commercial use, or publication, reproduction, redistribution or exploitation for personal or corporate gain, is strictly prohibited.

Modern and Contemporary Art

A large portion of the Komechak Art Gallery’s permanent collection support local, national and international artists. Chicago Hairy Who artists like Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, and internationally recognized artists like Josef Beuys, Christo, Philip Pearlstein, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Pat Steir, Robert Indiana, Kathe Kollwitz, Richard Hunt and Fred Stonehouse are among many their notable artists.

Printmaking

During the 1980s-2000’s Benedictine University chose to focus their collection efforts on printmaking and works on paper. The fine print collection comprises nearly half of the Komechak Art Gallery’s permanent collection, and includes artists from 17th to 21st –century from Europe, Japan, America and Latin America.

Outsider Art

The Komechak Art Gallery has a diverse collection of outsider artists, both American and Latin American. Works by Howard Finster, Bonnette, Tolliver, Bell, and local artists Mr. Imagination and Wesley Willis round out the works on paper, wood and mixed media.

Religious Art

An emphasis in the Komechak Art Gallery is its religious collection, consisting of paintings, prints, carved angels and crucifix, icons, chalices and religious statues. Works from this part of the collection come from American Southwest, Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and America.

Selected Artists From The Collection

Josef Albers

Ivan Albright

Rodolfo Abularach

Keith Achepohl

Pierre Alechinsky

Irving Amen

Jiri Anderle

Richard Anuszkiewicz

Karel Appel

Mark Arctander

Karl Arntzen

Cynthia Archer

John Taylor Arms

John James Audubon

Larry Ballard

Leonard Baskin

Don Baum

Gustave Baumann

Jack Beal

Romare Bearden

Vera Berdich

Dorothea Bilder

Charles Boone

Luis Borges

Timothy Botts

Phyllis Bramson

Karen Brooks

Roger Brown

Albin Brunovsky

Margaret Burroughs

Charles Cajori

Sr. Carey, O.S.B.

Nancy Jean Carrigan

Diana Castillo

Marc Chagall

William Conger

Carlos Cortez

Dan Czubak

Salvador Dali

Eddie Ladd Dill

David Driesbach

Mary Dritschel

Ruth Duckworth

Albrecht Durer

Howard Finster

Tony Fitzpatrick

Richard Florsheim

John Fraser

Byron Galvez

Eve Garrison

Raymond E. George

Lisa Gengler

Winifred Godfrey

Ralph Goings

R. C. Gorman

Francisco de Goya

Paul Guiramand

Katsunori Hamanishi

Carl Hayano

Stanley William Hayter

John Himmelfarb

Beth House

Ruyell Ho

Eleanor King Hookham

Richard Hull

Robert Indiana

Gary Justis

Rockwell Kent

Moritz Kellerman

Ariel Kessler

Algimantas Kezys

Wayne Kimball

Wesley Kimler

Bonnie Koloc

Kathe Kollwitz

Michael Komechak, O.S.B.

David Kotker

Matt Lamb

Ellen Lanyon

La Liberte

Robert Lostutter

Vincent Lucarrelli

James Lutes

Henri A. Mandujano Rojas

Mary McKane

Robert McMahon

David Marcet

Andre Masson

Guillermo Medina Ramos

Joan Miro

Marcel Mouley

Louise Nevelson

Don Nice

Audrey Niffenegger

Marco Oviedo

Frank Owen

Tom Palmore

Teresa J. Parker

Philip N. Parker-Turner

Edward Paschke

Philip Pearlstein

B.F. Perkins

Sandra Perlow

Gabor Peterdi

Jay Phillips

Pablo Picasso

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

George Pletka

Claire Prussian

Rembrandt van Rijn

Barbara Rossi

Ad Reinhardt

Georges Rouault

William Scarlato

Jennifer Scavone

Fritz Scholder

John Sevigny

Ben Shahn

Joel Shapiro

Hollis Sigler

David A. Siquieros

Joel Sheesley

Edward Shipperly

Jeanette Pascin Sloan

Buzz Spector

Robert Stackhouse

Pat Steir

Fred Stonehouse

Jimmy Lee Sudduth

Carol Summers

Moshe Tolliver

Beatrice K. Turner

James Valerio

Susana Veloz

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Libby Wadsworth

Ken Warnecke

Sadao Watanabe

John Pittman Weber

Margaret Wharton

Karl Wirsum

Ray Yoshida

Adja Yunkers

Saito Watanabe

James McNeill Whistler

Alfredo Zalce

Zimowski

Office of the Curator of Exhibitions and University Art Collections
BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY